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APRIL 23, 2022

This article was first published as "‘PostScript’ prints anything: a case history." It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The type of computing they envisioned was thoroughly interactive and personal, comprehensively networked, and completely graphical—with high-resolution screens and high-quality print output. But, Lampson argued, the Alto would also be perfect for much broader experiments in personal computing and networking.

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JUNE 4, 2022

This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” Networks that link personal computers in offices. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This article was first published as “Of Mice and menus: designing the user-friendly interface.” Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, many of the early concepts for windows, menus, icons, and mice were arduously researched at Xerox Corp.’s brought the friendly interface to thousands of personal computer users. Cupertino, Calif.,

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